diff -u b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
--- b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
   public function getReferenceableEntities($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', $limit = 0) {
     $entities = [];
     if ($display_execution_results = $this->getDisplayExecutionResults($match, $match_operator, $limit)) {
-      $entities = $this->stripAnchorTagsFromResults($display_execution_results);
+      $entities = $this->stripAdminAndAnchorTagsFromResults($display_execution_results);
     }
     return $entities;
   }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
    * @return array
    *   The results.
    */
-  public function getDisplayExecutionResults($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', $limit = 0, $ids = NULL) {
+  protected function getDisplayExecutionResults($match = NULL, $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', $limit = 0, $ids = NULL) {
     $display_name = $this->getConfiguration()['view']['display_name'];
     $arguments = $this->getConfiguration()['view']['arguments'];
     $results = [];
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Strips anchor tags from a result list.
+   * Strips all admin and anchor tags from a result list.
    *
    * These results are usually displayed in an autocomplete field, which is
    * surrounded by anchor tags. Most tags are allowed inside anchor tags, except
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
    * @return array
    *   The provided result list with anchor tags removed.
    */
-  public function stripAnchorTagsFromResults($results) {
+  protected function stripAdminAndAnchorTagsFromResults($results) {
     $allowed_tags = Xss::getAdminTagList();
     if (($key = array_search('a', $allowed_tags)) !== FALSE) {
       unset($allowed_tags[$key]);
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@
     $stripped_results = [];
     foreach ($results as $id => $row) {
       $entity = $row['#row']->_entity;
-      $stripped_results[$entity->bundle()][$id] = Xss::filter($this->renderer->renderPlain($row), $allowed_tags);
+      $stripped_results[$entity->bundle()][$id] = [
+        '#markup' => $this->renderer->renderPlain($row),
+        '#allowed_tags' => $allowed_tags,
+      ];
     }
 
     return $stripped_results;